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XVIII sermons on the second chapter of the 2d Epistle to the Thessalonians containing…
XVIII sermons on the second chapter of the 2d Epistle to the Thessalonians containing the description, rise, growth, and fall of Antichrist : with divers cautions and arguments to establish Christians against the apostasy of the Church of Rome : very necessary for these times / by that late reverend and learned divine, Thomas Manton ...XVIII sermons on the second chapter of the 2d Epistle to the Thessalonians containing the description, rise, growth, and fall of Antichrist : with divers cautions and arguments to establish Christians against the apostacy of the Church of Rome : very necessary for these times / by that late reverend and learned divine, Thomas Manton ...
London: printed by J.D. for J. Robinson, 1679
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2. Where men are turned from God to Idols, though it be not the Daemons of the Gentiles, but Saints, as Mediators of Intercession; there Godliness is destroyed, and the mystery of iniquity set up: For the great drift of the Christian Religion is to bring us to God, through Christ; so the great Whore (which imports a breach of the fundamental Article of the Covenant, Thou shalt have no other Gods but me) it is said, Rev. 17.5. Upon ⟨p. 121⟩her Forehead was a name written, Mystery, Babylon, the Mother of Fornications, and abominations upon Earth, debaucheth Nations with her Idolatry, and so seduceth from God to the worship of the Creatures, that the great intent of the Gospel is lost.
2. Where men are turned from God to Idols, though it be not the Daemons of the Gentiles, but Saints, as Mediators of Intercession; there Godliness is destroyed, and the mystery of iniquity set up: For the great drift of the Christian Religion is to bring us to God, through Christ; so the great Whore (which imports a breach of the fundamental Article of the Convenant, Thou shalt have no other Gods but me) it is said, Rev. 17.5. Vpon ⟨p. 121⟩her Forehead was a name written, Mystery, Babylon, the Mother of Fornications, and abominations upon Earth, debaucheth Nations with her Idolatry, and so seduceth from God to the worship of the Creatures, that the great intent of the Gospel is lost.
3. Wherever power is usurped in Christs name, and carried on under the pretence of his Authority, to the oppressing of Christs sincere Worshippers, who hate the carnal life, and would by all means keep themselves from Idols, or bowing and worshipping before Images, but excel in unquestionable duties, there is the mystery of Iniquity: for the Beast, that hath a mouth like a Dragon, pusheth with the Horns of a Lamb,